Invited Speakers (tentative list)

NN26 Invited Speakers (tentative list)

Plenary Speakers (tentative list)

	Prof. Manish Chhowalla Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, Head of 2D Materials and Devices Group, University of Cambridge, UK Van der Waals interfaces for high electronics based on atomically thin semiconductors short bio short bio Manish Chhowalla is the Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in the fundamental studies of atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In particular, his group studies the properties of different phases of 2D TMDs. He has demonstrated that it is possible to induce phase transformations in atomically thin materials and utilise phases with disparate properties for field effect transistors, catalysis, and energy storage. Prof. Chhowalla is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Materials Research Society, and Churchill College. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Applied Materials Today, Associate Editor of ACS Nano, and is now the Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability. He has been on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers since 2016. Prior to Cambridge, he was a Professor at Rutgers University in NJ, USA.

	Prof. Lydia Kavraki University Professor, Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, Professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University, USA Physical AI: Reshaping Physical Discovery and Engineering Practice short bio short bio Lydia E. Kavraki is a University Professor and the Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing and professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering. She also serves as the director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University. Kavraki received her B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Crete in Greece and her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, working with Professor Jean-Claude Latombe. She was a research associate at Stanford University before moving to Rice. Kavraki works broadly in robotics, computational biomedicine, and physical AI. She has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and is one of the authors of the widely used robotics textbook “Principles of Robot Motion” published by MIT Press. Work in her group has produced the Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL), an open-source library of motion planning algorithms used worldwide. Besides this library her group maintains several web servers for computational biomedicine applications. Kavraki’s research has been funded by NSF, NIH, ARO, DOD, NASA, industry, and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Kavraki's more than 40 postdocs and PhD students have gone on to faculty positions at top universities, industry research labs, startups, and large software companies. Through her role at the Ken Kennedy Institute, she brings faculty together across seven schools and twenty-seven departments to shape large research projects and future directions in AI, data, and computing at Rice University. Kavraki is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also a member of Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe and a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens. She has served the Academies in multiple roles, including serving as a vice-chair and chair of Section 1 of NAM, founding member of the Health and Technology Interest Group of NAM, and member of the Board of Mathematical Sciences and Analytics. Kavraki received the IEEE Frances E. Allen medal in 2023. She received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Grace Murray Hopper Award (2000), the ACM Athena Lecturer Award (2017), and the ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award (2020). Kavraki received the Early Academic Career Award from the IEEE Society on Robotics and Automation (2002) and Robotics Pioneer Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2020). Other awards include an NSF CAREER award, a Sloan Fellowship, a Whitaker Investigator Award, recognition as a top TR100 investigator from the MIT Technology Review Magazine, recognition as a Brilliant 10 Scientist from the Popular Science Magazine, and the Anita Borg ABIE Technical Leadership Award. At Rice University, she is the recipient of the Charles Duncan Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching, the Presidential Mentorship Award, the Outstanding Faculty Research Award from the Engineering School, and the university-wide Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service (2022). She has been recognized in Houston with BioHouston’s Women in Science Award. Kavraki is a Fellow of ACM, a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Keynote Speakers (tentative list)

	Prof. Spiros Anastasiadis , University of Crete & FORTH IESL, Greece Graphene Derivatives as Self-healing Enhancers in Functional Polyurethane Coatings
	Prof. Lajos Balogh , Precision Nanomedicine (PRNANO), USA DON'T PERISH-PUBLISH! - The landscape and state of science publishing
	Prof. George Malliaras , University of Cambridge, UK Precise Recording and Stimulation with Surface Electrophysiology
	Prof. Katsuya Teshima , Shinshu University, Japan A New Approach to Inorganic Materials Research - AI-Driven Automated and Autonomous Experiments

Invited Speakers (tentative list)

	Dr. Maria Rosa Antognazza , Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Milan, Italy
	Dr. Raul Arenal , University of Zaragoza, Spain Unveiling the Atomic Configuration and Physical Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials via Advanced TEM
	Prof. Luca Beverina , University of Milano Bicocca, Italy Light activated multifunctional derivatives for imaging and therapy from X-rays to Vis region
	Prof. Aristos Christou , University of Maryland, USA Nanowires for Single Photon Detection and Amplification Based on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
	Dr. Choon-Gi Choi , Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Korea Multifunctional 2D Material Nanocomposites: From EMI Shielding to Sensors
	Prof. Marco Fanciulli , University of Torino, Italy Synaptic non-linear element devices for physical Kolmogorov-Arnold networks and other unconventional computing tasks
	Dr. Ilise Feitshans , Virginia Mountain Valley Lawyers Alliance & Georgetown University Law Center, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, USA Law and Ethics of Nanomedicine Transforming Disability Into Health
	Prof. Emmanouil Glynos , Univeristy of Crete, Greece
	Dr. Amparo Guemes Gonzalez , University of Cambridge, UK PEDOT:PSS Conductive Eutectogel Films for Peripheral Nerve Bioelectronics
	Dr. Salim El Hadwe , University of Cambridge, UK Surface Circumferential Spinal Cord Recording in Freely Moving Rodents: A Conformal Nanotechnology Platform for Multifunctional Neuroprosthetic Interfacing
	Prof. Violet Haraszthy , University at Buffalo, USA Decontaminating Dental Implants: A Critical Step-Toward Bioactive Nanotechnology-Based Surface Detoxification
	Prof. Rodney Hill , Charles Sturt University, Australia Utilizing Covalent and Non-covalent Interactions for Nano-gold Therapeutics Design
	Prof. Patrick Hunziker , University of Basel, Switzerland Translating successful academic nanomedicine project to the real world
	Prof. Elefterios Iliopoulos , University of Crete & IESL-FORTH, Greece InGaN alloys in the entire composition range: Challenges, epitaxy, properties and application perspectives
	Prof. Ufuk Kilic , University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
	Prof. Kyriakos Komvopoulos , University of California at Berkeley, USA Electrospun Bilayer Biomembranes for Tissue Engineering Applications: Structure, Properties, and Biomechanical Behavior under Mechanical Stretching
	Prof. Vasileios Koutsos , University of Edinburgh, UK Nanomechanics of Biomedical Microbubbles
	Prof. Dimitrios Koutsouras , University of Bath, UK Organic Bioelectronics for Next-Generation Medical Applications
	Prof. Yannis Missirlis , University of Patras, Greece Emergent properties in multicellular organisms
	Prof. Bert Mueller , University of Basel, Switzerland Whole brain imaging with world leading spatial resolution: Mice and humans
	Prof. Nako Nakatsuka , EPFL, Switzerland Nanoscale Aptamer Bioelectronics for Real-Time Monitoring in the Brain
	Prof. Dipanjan Pan , Pennsylvania State University, USA Sub 5 nm Ytterbium Nanoparticle for Pulmonary Delivery in Large-Animal SPCCT K-Edge Imaging
	Dr. George Papavieros , NCSR Demokritos and Nanometrisis p.c., Greece Hierarchical surfaces in nanotechnology and nanoelectronics
	Prof. Anna-Maria Pappa , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Nanoengineered Bacterial Membrane Systems for Environmental and Biological Applications
	Prof. Alexandra Paterson , University of Kentucky, USA Figures of merit for organic electrochemical transistors and organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors
	Dr. Eleni Pavlopoulou , FORTH IESL, Greece Low voltage polymer ferroelectrics obtained by defect engineering of PVDF-based tetrapolymers
	Prof. David Payne , Imperial College London, UK
	Prof. Charalampos Pitsalidis , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Low-cost, environmentally friendly flexible triboelectric nanogenerators for sustainable energy harvesting
	Prof. Kyriakos Porfyrakis , COPE-Nano Centre of Excellence for Organic, Printed Electronics & NanoTechnologies, Greece Enhancing the Photodynamic Activity of Nanomaterials for Water Purification
	Prof. Kun Qian , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Metabolome Engineering
	Prof. Aylin Sendemir , Ege University, Turkey A Microfluidic Blood Brain Barrier Platform for Drug Screening and Permeation Studies
	Prof. Dmitri Simberg , University of Colorado Anschutz, USA Understanding Lipid Structure-Tumor Accumulation Relationship (STAR)
	Prof. Argyrios Varonides , University of Scranton, USA Parity-Protected Bell-State Dynamics in a Double Quantum Dot Coupled to Majorana Zero Modes